Barbados vs Iceland: Total dependency ratio

Barbados

50.6%

in 2023

Iceland

50.1%

in 2023

Barbados rank

162nd

Iceland rank

165th

Total dependency ratio over time

Barbados currently reports 50.6% against 50.1% in Iceland, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 162nd and Iceland ranks 165th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).